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CJ Penko 💡
@cjpenko.bsky.social
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✏️ Awesome #kidlit person
📚 #SCBWI Ohio North Regional Advisor
❤️ Fluent in kid, animal, monster (& more recently Nazi heckling✊🏼)
🌅 Ohio North: @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
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#NoKings Mentor, OH
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Thanks for the pic @aileenstewart.bsky.social!! You know you weren't leaving the conference without taking one with me! ❤️😁
Author Aileen Stewart and SCBWI Ohio North Co-Regional Advisor CJ Penko pose with big smiles for a picture (in black and white) in front of a sign that reads, "SCBWI Ohio North."
October 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🍸Hanging out at the hotel bar with author Lindsay Bonilla is one of my favorite conference traditions!😄 @scbwi-ohionorth.bsky.social
Author Lindsay Bonilla and SCBWI Ohio North Co-Regional Advisor CJ Penko pose for a picture with big smiles and a hotel bar in the background.
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Smile, cutie! ❤️ 📸

#opossum
A baby opossum hangs between two bird feeders on a shepherd's hook, looking directly into the camera at night with trees in the background.
July 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Ok ok i guess today I'll wash off my garage doors and stop triggering the Nazis 😏 #NoKings
2 closed garage doors with the following written in big chalk letters in the front of them: "NO KINGS/ WAKE UP! He is a traitor! Out being REAL PATRIOTS (not just cosplaying) You are always welcome to join us!"
June 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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That's me :)

#NoKings
#Ohio
June 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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spring cleaning 2025
A picture of a driveway with the words "Nazis suck" pressure washed onto it and grass in the background. The pressure washer wand is laying next to it.
May 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I mean..... just disgusting.
April 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I found this in my neices old books last week.The cringe it gave me- especially knowing where and how we got to where we are today.
April 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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WTAF did i just find? 🤢

i wonder how we got where we are today...
April 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A kid in ohio
April 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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#handsoff #ohio
A protest sign that reads AMERICA HAS NO KING Protesters on the side of the road holding up signs to cars. One reads ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FASCIST LIARS with a picture of Smokey the Bear
April 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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#handsoff #ohio
A protest sign that reads, #Keep your tiny orange hands off!" A protest sign that reads, In our home we believe black lives matter, women's rights are human rights, no human is illegal, science is real, love is live, kindness is everything A protestor holds a sign that reads HANDS OFF HUMAN RIGHTS!
April 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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#handsoff #ohio
Protest sign that reads CONGRESS SPEAK UP FOR US, NOT TRUMP! Protest sign with Dr. Martin Luther Kings picture and quote: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Protest sign that reads STOP ELON REMOVE THE MUSK-RATS AND DOGE-BAGS and another that reads PROTECT AND RESPECT CIVIL SERVICE Woman holding a protest sign that spells out DOGE using the phrase DIMWITTED OLIGARCHS GUTTING EVERYTHING
April 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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#handsoff #ohio
Protest sign that reads HITLER HAD TANKS TRUMP HAS TARIFFS Protest sign that reads FACTS MATTER! Protest sign that reads ATTENTION WALMART SHOPPERS! YOUR TARIFF TAXES ARE PAYING FOR OLIGARCHS' TAX CUTS! Protest sign that reads RESIST THE DICTATOR
April 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Just your average kids showin' up when congress won't

If you kids see this: YOU ROCK. Thank you. ❤️

#handsoff #Ohio
2 young children hold up bright green and pink protest signs that read, HANDS OFF SCHOOLS and HANDS OFF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
April 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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#handsoff #Ohio
An older gentleman holds a black sign with white writing that reads, RESTORE FUNDING, RESTORE STAFFING, RESTORE SANITY
April 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Goals.

#Handsoff #Ohio
An older woman smiles happily as she shows off her MAKE MY P***Y SAFE AGAIN HAT and shirt that says IF I WANTED THE GOVERNMENT IN MY UTERUS I'D F*CK A POLITICIAN
April 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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grandmas are pissed

#handsoff #ohio
A sea of people with a large sign that reads 4 MY GRANDCHILDREN DEMOCRACY NOT AUTOCRACY amidst other signs in the background reading GOOD TROUBLE and HANDS OFF OUR RIGHTS, PBS, NPR
April 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Fact.

#handsoff #Ohio
A protest sign is lifted above protesters. It reads, NO SIGN IS BIG ENOUGH TO LIST ALL THE REASONS I'M HERE
April 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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#handsoff #ohio
Two women stand holding protest signs that read, DEMOCRACY DIES IN SILENCE and THEY'RE EATING THE CHECKS, THEY'RE EATING THE BALANCES"
April 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Hero. ❤️

#handsoff #Ohio
A older woman with a walker is sitting while holding a protest sign that reads WHEN INJUSTICE BECOMES LAW, RESISTANCE BECOMES DUTY. HANDS OFF Social Security, Medicaid, law firms, USPS, Civil service
April 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Good one. 🇺🇸

#Handsoff #Ohio
A protest sign that reads, "To the last true American leaving Trumpland: Please bring the flag"
April 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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#handsoff #Ohio
A line of protesters holding signs that read STOP HATE, FIRE TRUMP, HANDS OFF and HANDS OFF MEDICAID
April 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM